JP6221740B2 - Medium processing apparatus and medium storage cassette - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus and a medium storage cassette, and is suitably applied to, for example, an automatic teller machine that handles banknotes as a medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or the like, for example, a customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to transaction details with a customer, and also withdraws cash to a customer. ing.

  As an automatic teller machine, for example, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port for receiving and receiving banknotes with a customer, a discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination, authenticity and correctness of inserted banknotes, and temporarily inserting inserted banknotes Has been proposed that has a temporary holding section for temporarily holding and a storage cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination.

  This automatic teller machine, in a deposit transaction, when a customer inserts a banknote into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, the inserted banknote is discriminated by a discrimination unit, and a banknote discriminated from a normal banknote is held in a temporary holding unit, The banknotes identified as not to be traded are returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port and returned to the customer. Subsequently, when the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer's operation instruction, the automatic teller machine re-discriminates the denomination of the banknote held in the temporary holding unit by the discrimination unit and stores it in the storage cassette corresponding to the denomination. .

  In addition, in the automatic teller machine, in order to increase the efficiency of replenishment of banknotes with respect to the storage cassette, collection of banknotes from the storage cassette, etc., a cassette loading unit having a plurality of slots is provided in the main body. There is a configuration in which one storage cassette can be attached to and detached from the slot.

  Here, if the side surface of the slot is formed to the vicinity of the uppermost surface of the storage cassette after loading, it is necessary to lift the storage cassette to a high position when loading or removing the storage cassette. Incurs a decline.

  Therefore, in some of the cash dispensers, a part of the side of the slot is relatively low, for example, up to about half of that when a normal storage cassette is loaded. Some have been proposed to improve workability (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-118699 A (FIG. 2)

  By the way, especially when handling banknotes in a plurality of countries or regions, there are cases where it is desired to increase the types of banknotes handled without changing the size of the entire cassette loading unit. Therefore, some automatic teller machines have a small storage cassette that is about half the height of a normal storage cassette, and this small storage cassette is loaded in two layers in one slot. Proposed.

  In this automatic teller machine, each slot can be loaded with one normal storage cassette or two small storage cassettes, so depending on the number of types of banknotes to be handled and the number of banknotes to be stored. Thus, the configuration can be changed flexibly.

  Generally, in an automatic teller machine, a mechanism for collecting and separating banknotes in each storage cassette, a sensor for detecting the amount of banknotes stored, and the like are incorporated. Therefore, each slot of the storage cassette and the cassette loading unit is provided with a connector having a plurality of minute terminals for electrical connection to each other when the storage cassette is loaded in the cassette loading unit. .

  Each storage cassette has a delivery port for delivering banknotes, and it is necessary to deliver banknotes to and from the cassette loading unit via the delivery port. For this reason, in the automatic teller machine, when the storage cassette is loaded in the slot, it is necessary to accurately match the positions of the connectors and the delivery port.

  However, when a part of the side surfaces of the slot is configured to be low as in Patent Document 1, only a few side surfaces are supported for the upper storage cassette when two small storage cassettes are stacked. For this reason, in an automatic teller machine, it becomes difficult to load a small storage cassette in the correct position in the slot, resulting in a decrease in accuracy and a poor connection or breakage of a connector when a bill is delivered from a delivery port. There was a problem of fear.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and proposes a medium processing apparatus and a medium storage cassette capable of achieving both high positional accuracy and workability when loading storage cassettes of different sizes into slots. It is something to try.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium processing apparatus of the present invention, a storage cassette that stores a medium therein and a storage cassette that is loaded along the loading direction and two or more storage cassettes are loaded are preloaded. A media processing apparatus comprising a slot in which a post-load storage cassette is stacked and loaded after a storage cassette, wherein the slots are formed along a loading direction so that the slots are opposed to each other and spaced apart from each other a two grooves, and the slot-side guide for guiding the loading position after a predetermined along the rear loading storage cassette in the loading direction, the previously loaded passing range is the range through which previously loaded storage cassette is loaded It provided outside, and a slot-side connector electrically connected between the rear loading storage cassette provided, the rear loading storage cassette, outward from the peripheral side surface of the post-loading storage cassette There are a two projections projecting toward the opposite directions, each other diameter becomes equivalent cylindrical, and and each of the extension line of the center axis to coincide with each other, when it is loaded into the slot A cassette-side guide that comes into contact with the slot-side guide and a cassette-side connector that is electrically connected to the slot-side connector when loaded to the rear loading position in the slot are provided.

In the medium processing apparatus of the present invention, the storage cassette that stores the medium therein, and the storage cassette is loaded along the loading direction, and when two or more storage cassettes are loaded, the rear of the preloaded storage cassette A medium processing apparatus having a slot in which a loading and storing cassette is stacked and loaded, wherein the slot has two grooves formed along the loading direction and facing each other and spaced apart from each other. A slot-side guide that guides the post-loading storage cassette to a predetermined post-loading position along the loading direction, and a pre-loading passage range that is a range that passes when the pre-loading storage cassette is loaded. A slot-side connector that is electrically connected to the rear loading storage cassette, and the rear loading storage cassette is located on the outer side of the rear loading storage cassette and opposite to each other. Two projections projecting toward the slot, electrically connected to the cassette-side guide that contacts the slot-side guide when loaded into the slot, and to the slot-side connector when loaded into the rear loading position within the slot The slot-side guide groove is reached at the time of loading when the rear loading storage cassette is loaded to the rear loading position in the slot at the side wall portion sandwiching each groove. With respect to the length along the loading direction from the location, each side is formed so that the side farther from the preloading passage range is longer than the side near the preloading passage range.

In yet medium storing cassette of the present invention, housing the medium therein, a medium storage cassette other storage cassette along a loading direction for a given slot is loaded superimposed after being loaded, the rear loading Two protrusions that protrude outwardly from the peripheral side surface of the storage cassette and protrude in opposite directions, have a cylindrical shape with the same diameter, and the extension lines of the respective central axes coincide with each other. When the slot is loaded, the cassette-side guide that is formed along the loading direction of the slot and that is opposed to each other and that is in contact with the slot-side guide that is formed by two grooves spaced apart from each other. And a cassette-side connector that is electrically connected to the slot-side connector provided in the slot when guided to a predetermined position in the slot.

In the present invention, when a post-loading storage cassette is loaded into a slot, the position of each of the post-loading storage cassette with respect to the slot is adjusted in each direction intersecting with the loading direction of the cassette. The side guides can be respectively inserted into the slot side guides that are two grooves . On the other hand, according to the present invention, since the extension lines of the central axes of the two columnar protrusions coincide with each other in the post-loading storage cassette, they can be rotated around the central axis and rotated. There is no need to adjust the angle at the same time. Thus, according to the present invention, the cassette-side connector and the slot-side connector are finally guided to a predetermined position without forcing a difficult operation to simultaneously adjust the position and angle of the medium storage cassette with respect to the slot to an appropriate position and angle. It can be fitted correctly.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention , the medium processing apparatus and medium storage cassette which can make the positional accuracy and workability | operativity at the time of loading the storage cassette from which a magnitude | size differs in a slot in a high dimension are realizable.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. It is a basic diagram which shows drawer | drawing-out of a lower unit. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a lower unit. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a loading part. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a loading part. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a loading part. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a right guide body. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a left guide body. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a large storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a lower stage small storage cassette. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an upper stage small storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure of an upper stage small storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows the internal structure of an upper stage small storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows the state which accumulated the upper stage small storage cassette on the lower stage small storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (1st state). It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (2nd state). It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (2nd state). It is an approximate line figure showing breakage of an upper slot side connector. It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (3rd state). It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (3rd state). It is a basic diagram which shows rotation of the upper stage small storage cassette in a slot. It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (4th state). It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (4th state). It is a basic diagram which shows loading to the slot of an upper stage small storage cassette (5th state). It is a basic diagram which shows the damage of the connector by the rotation shift | offset | difference of an upper stage small storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows loading of the upper stage small storage cassette with respect to a slot. It is a basic diagram which shows the damage of the connector by the rotation shift | offset | difference of an upper stage small storage cassette. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the right front protrusion by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the right front protrusion by other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Automatic teller machine configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured with a box-shaped housing 2 as the center, and is installed in a financial institution, for example, for a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction with a customer. To deal with cash.

  The housing 2 is provided with a customer service section 3 at a position where it is easy to insert bills or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front side. The customer service section 3 is provided with a card entry / exit 4, a deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a receipt issuance port 8. It is designed to receive notification of information and operation instructions.

  The card entry / exit 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided inside the housing of the card slot 4. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where banknotes to be deposited by the customer are input and banknotes to be dispensed to the customer are discharged. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter.

  The operation display unit 6 is integrated with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for selecting a transaction type, inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like. The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when an input operation such as a password or transaction amount is performed. The receipt issuing port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided inside the housing from the receipt issuing port 8.

  In the following, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the customer facing the front side, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

  Incidentally, the housing 2 is configured such that a front door that covers the front surface and a rear door (not shown) that covers the rear surface can be opened and closed. That is, the housing | casing 2 protects the banknote, coin, etc. which are hold | maintained by obstruct | occluding a front door etc. at the time of the transaction operation | movement which performs the transaction regarding cash with a customer. On the other hand, the housing 2 is easy to work on each part by opening the front door etc. as necessary when a financial institution staff or worker performs maintenance work or banknote replenishment / collection work. Can be done.

  In the housing 2, a main control unit 9 that performs overall control of the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided.

  The main control unit 9 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and by reading and executing a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown), various transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions are performed. Perform the process. The main control unit 9 includes a storage unit 9A including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit 9A.

[2. Configuration of banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
As shown in the schematic side view of FIG. 2, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is provided with various mechanisms related to bill depositing and dispensing processes inside the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11. Each part of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is controlled by the banknote control unit 12.

  As with the main control unit 9, the banknote control unit 12 is mainly configured by a CPU (not shown), reads out and executes a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown), and other main control unit 9 and the like. By cooperating with the control unit, various processes related to banknotes such as banknote depositing and dispensing processes are controlled. Moreover, the banknote control part 12 has the memory | storage part 12A (FIG. 1) which consists of RAM, flash memory, etc. inside, and memorize | stores various information in this memory | storage part 12A.

  For example, when a customer performs a deposit transaction with the automatic teller machine 1, the banknote control unit 12 receives a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 6 in cooperation with the main control unit 9 and the like. The shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 (FIG. 1) is opened, and a bill is inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 13.

  When a banknote is inserted, the deposit / withdrawal unit 13 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 and then removes the banknotes one by one and delivers them to the transport unit 14. The conveyance part 14 is made so that a banknote can be conveyed to each part in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10, and advances the delivered banknote along a short side direction, and conveys it to the discrimination part 15. The discrimination unit 15 discriminates the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and the degree of damage while conveying the banknote, and notifies the banknote control unit 12 of the discrimination result. In response to this, the banknote control unit 12 determines the transport destination of the banknote based on the acquired discrimination result.

  At this time, the transport unit 14 temporarily holds the banknotes (so-called correct bills) identified as normal in the discrimination unit 15 by transporting them to the temporary storage unit 16 and the banknotes identified as not to be traded ( A so-called non-conformity ticket or fake ticket) is conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 13 and returned to the customer.

  Thereafter, the banknote control unit 12 allows the customer to confirm the deposit amount via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1), conveys the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 16 to the discrimination unit 15, and denominations and damages thereof. Differentiate the degree, etc., and obtain the result of the discrimination. And the banknote control part 12 will convey this to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17 as a reject banknote which should not be reused if the degree of damage of a banknote is large, and if this is small, the banknote which should be reused As shown in FIG. The lower transport unit 18 transports the banknotes in the front-rear direction, and distributes them to the storage cassette 19 corresponding to the denomination. The storage cassette 19 accumulates and stores the delivered banknotes inside.

  On the other hand, for example, when a customer conducts a withdrawal transaction with the automatic teller machine 1, the banknote control unit 12 is linked with the main control unit 9 and the like via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1). After accepting the operation input, banknotes corresponding to the amount to be withdrawn are drawn out from the storage cassette 19. Subsequently, the banknote control unit 12 conveys the banknote to the discrimination unit 15 by the lower conveyance unit 18 and the conveyance unit 14, and then conveys the bill to the deposit / withdrawal unit 13, and the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 (FIG. 1). Open and let the customer pick up this bill.

  Thus, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the banknotes deposited from the customer are sorted by the lower transport unit 18 and stored in the storage cassette 19, and the banknotes are fed out from the storage cassette 19 to be withdrawn to the customer. .

[3. Configuration of lower unit]
By the way, the lower conveyance part 18 and the storage cassette 19 are integrated in the lower unit 21 which occupies the lower side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the lower unit 21 moves in the front-rear direction via a slide rail 22 that expands and contracts in the front-rear direction with respect to the lower case 11 </ b> A formed in the lower part of the bill depositing / dispensing machine case 11. It is attached as possible. Therefore, when the lower unit 21 is moved rearward from the state housed in the lower housing 11A (FIG. 2), the lower unit 21 is pulled out from the lower housing 11A (FIG. 3). When it is moved, it returns to the stored state (FIG. 2).

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the lower unit 21 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction as a whole, and is roughly composed of a lower loading portion 25 and an upper lid portion 26. Yes.

  The loading unit 25 is loaded with the storage cassette 19 (FIG. 2) by closing the front and rear side surfaces, the right side surface, the lower side and the bottom side of the left side, and opening the upper side of the top and left sides. While forming space, the opening part which connects internal space and the exterior is formed in the upper surface.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the loading unit 25 has five slots 28 arranged in the front-rear direction. Each slot 28 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is elongated in the vertical direction, and can be loaded with a storage cassette 19.

  Here, there are three types of storage cassettes 19 that can be loaded into the slots 28: a relatively large storage cassette 19A, a relatively small lower stage small storage cassette 19B, and a relatively small upper stage small storage cassette 19C. Has been. Of these, the lower small storage cassette 19B as the pre-loading storage cassette and the upper small storage cassette 19C as the post-loading storage cassette have substantially the same length in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction compared to the large storage cassette 19A. The vertical length is about half. Therefore, each slot 28 can be loaded with one large storage cassette 19A, or can be loaded with two storage cassettes 19 with the upper small storage cassette 19C overlaid on the lower small storage cassette 19B.

  The lid part 26 (FIG. 4A) is formed in a thin rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole, and the lower transport part 18 (FIG. 2) is incorporated therein. Further, the lid portion 26 has a plurality of delivery ports 26 </ b> A for delivering banknotes to and from each storage cassette 19 on the lower surface side (hereinafter also referred to as a cassette facing surface) facing the storage cassette 19. Yes. Short projections 26AP for positioning with the storage cassette 19 are provided in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of each delivery port 26A.

  Further, the lid part 26 is attached to the loading part 25 via a hinge 27 so as to be rotatable. That is, the lid part 26 rotates around the hinge 27 to close the opening of the loading part 25 with the cassette facing surface facing downward as shown in FIG. 2, or FIG. As shown in (), it can be rotated about 90 degrees from the closed state, and can be shifted to an open state (details will be described later) in which the cassette facing surface is directed leftward and the opening is opened.

[4. Configuration of loading unit]
As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 5, the loading portion 25 divides a rectangular parallelepiped space surrounded by the bottom portion 31, the right side portion 32, the left side portion 33, the front side plate 34 and the rear side plate 35 in the front-rear direction. By partitioning with four partition plates 36 arranged in this manner, five slots 28 elongated in the vertical direction are formed.

  A lower slot side connector 37 is provided on the lower end of each slot 28, that is, on the upper surface side of the bottom portion 31. The lower slot side connector 37 is provided with a plurality of connection terminals (not shown) for supplying electric power and transmitting various electric signals upward.

  The right side portion 32 is formed in a plate shape having a thickness in the left-right direction. The length of the right side portion 32 in the vertical direction is relatively long, and is substantially equal to the length of the large storage cassette 19A in the vertical direction. In addition, the right side portion 32 is formed with a step by turning a part of the inner side in the upper half range. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the slot 28 has a shape in which the upper half protrudes to the right as compared with the lower half.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7A showing a state where the loading unit 25 is looked down from the upper left, an upper slot side connector 38 is provided for each slot 28 on the upper surface of the step portion in the right side portion 32. As with the lower slot connector 37, the upper slot connector 38 is provided with a plurality of connection terminals (not shown) for supplying electric power and transmitting various electric signals upward. .

  Further, a right guide body 39 is provided at a boundary portion between the slots 28 in the upper inner side of the right side portion 32, that is, on the upper right side of the partition plate 36. As shown in FIG. 8 (A) and an enlarged perspective view of FIG. 8 (B) and a three-sided view, FIG. 8 (B) shows the right guide body 39 in the vertical direction on both front and rear surfaces of a rectangular parallelepiped member as a whole. Grooves along each are formed. The right guide body 39 is formed symmetrically with respect to the front-rear direction. For this reason, below, it demonstrates centering on the front side and the description about a rear side is abbreviate | omitted.

  Specifically, the right guide body 39 is configured around a thin plate-like substrate 41 in the front-rear direction. A groove portion 42 is formed in the front portion of the right guide body 39 along the vertical direction. The bottom surface of the groove portion 42 is formed in a flat shape and is a part of a flat surface that continues from the surface of the substrate 41.

  The groove portion 42 has a right side wall portion 43 on the right side (that is, the side attached to the right side portion 32) extending to the upper end, and on the left side (that is, the slot 28 side), only about 1/3 to 1/4 from the lower side. A left side wall portion 44 is formed in the upper portion of the left side wall portion 44 and is opened leftward in the upper portion thereof. Further, the lower end of the groove 42 is closed by a stopper 45.

  In addition, the upper left portion of the substrate 41, that is, a part of the surface continuing from the bottom surface of the groove portion 42, and the upper portion of the left side wall portion 44 is thinned at the upper left end, and as it proceeds in the right direction and the lower direction. Thus, an inclined surface 41A that is inclined so as to increase the thickness is formed. Further, the upper left side of the substrate 41, the upper left side of the right side wall part 43, and the upper right side of the left side wall part 44 are each scraped off in the vicinity of the ridge portion, and have a so-called “chamfered” shape.

  By the way, a plurality of right guide bodies 39 are arranged at the boundary portion between the slots 28, that is, at equal intervals in the front-rear direction on the inner upper stage of the right side portion 32 (FIGS. 5 and 7). For this reason, for example, when comparing a rear portion of a right guide body 39 and a front portion of the right guide body 39 adjacent to the rear of the right guide body 39, they are symmetrical to each other in the front-rear direction, and the respective groove portions 42 are opposed to each other. Further, when paying attention to each substrate 41, the inclined surface 41A provided on the upper side of the left side wall portion 44 is formed so that the interval between the inclined surface 41A increases as it advances to the left side and as it advances to the upper side. Yes.

  On the other hand, the left side portion 33 is formed in a plate shape having a slight thickness in the left-right direction. The vertical length of the left side portion 33 is relatively short and is slightly longer than the vertical length of the lower stage small storage cassette 19B, that is, sufficiently longer than the vertical length of the large storage cassette 19A. It has become shorter. However, the upper end of the left side portion 33 is higher than the stepped portion formed on the right side portion 32 and higher than the upper end of the upper slot side connector 38 (FIGS. 5 and 6).

  In addition, the left side portion 33 is formed with a step by turning a part of the inner side in a short upper range. In the left side portion 33, the height from the lower end to the step is about the same as the length in the vertical direction of the lower small storage cassette 19B. Further, the width in the left-right direction on the upper surface of the step is sufficiently narrower than the width in the left-right direction on the upper surface of the step in the right side portion 32 (FIG. 6).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, which shows a state in which the loading unit 25 is looked down from the upper right, a left guide body 40 is provided at approximately the center in the front-rear direction of each slot 28 on the inner upper stage of the left side 33. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the left guide body 40 has a groove portion 52 extending in the vertical direction on the right side surface of the substrate 51 formed as a thin plate in the left-right direction as a whole. Both the front side wall 53 and the rear side wall 54 sandwiching the groove 52 from the front and rear are extended to the vicinity of the upper end of the substrate 51. Further, the lower end of the groove 52 is closed by a stopper 55.

  Further, the right front side and the upper right side of the front side wall portion 53 and the right rear side and the upper right side of the rear side wall portion 54 are scraped off in the vicinity of the ridge portions, and so-called “chamfering” is performed. Further, the upper right rear side of the front side wall portion 53 and the upper right front side of the rear side wall portion 54 are scraped off in the vicinity of the apex portion, and are similarly “chamfered”.

  Incidentally, the thickness in the left-right direction of the left guide body 40 is substantially equal to the width in the left-right direction of the stepped portion in the left side portion 33. For this reason, when the left guide body 40 is attached to the upper inner side of the left side portion 33, the right side surface thereof is the right side surface of the lower portion of the left side portion 33, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7B. Can be almost aligned.

  The front side plate 34, the rear side plate 35, and the partition plate 36 are all formed in a rectangular thin plate shape that is thin in the front-rear direction and long in the vertical direction. Of these, the length in the vertical direction of the front side plate 34 and the rear side plate 35 is approximately the same as that of the right side portion 32. The vertical length of the partition plate 36 is substantially the same as that of the left side portion 33, and is slightly longer than the vertical length of the lower small storage cassette 19B.

  That is, the height of the front, rear, left, and right side surfaces of each slot 28 of the loading unit 25 is relatively high only on the right side and is approximately the same as that of the large storage cassette 19A. It is slightly higher than the cassette 19B.

  As described above, the loading portion 25 has the groove portions 42 formed on the right guide body 39 on the right and the front sides on the upper side of the center of each slot 28 to face each other, and the groove portion 52 formed on the left guide body 40 on the left side. Each is placed so that is directed to the right.

[5. Storage cassette configuration]
Next, the configuration of the storage cassette 19 will be described separately for a large storage cassette 19A, a lower small storage cassette 19B, and an upper small storage cassette 19C. In addition, all the storage cassettes 19 have a separation / stacking function for collecting and storing banknotes carried into the inside and separating and feeding the stacked banknotes one by one.

[5-1. Configuration of large storage cassette]
As shown in FIG. 10A, the large storage cassette 19 </ b> A is configured in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the vertical direction as a whole, and stores bills inside the housing 60.

  A handle 61 is provided on the top plate portion 60A of the large storage cassette 19A. The handle 61 includes a gripping part 61A, a support part 61B, and a rotating part 61C. The gripping portion 61 </ b> A is configured in a rod shape whose longitudinal direction is the left-right direction, and has a length substantially equal to the length of the housing 60 in the left-right direction.

  As shown in FIG. 10 (B), rod-shaped support portions 61B are respectively extended toward the left and right ends of the grip portion 61A in the rearward direction. That is, the handle 61 is formed in a substantially U shape when viewed from the front upper side. At the rear end of the support portion 61B, columnar rotating portions 61C having a central axis in the left-right direction are erected inward in the left-right direction.

  On the other hand, in the top plate portion 60A, a storage portion 60AC in which portions corresponding to the gripping portion 61A and the support portion 61B are one step lower than the surroundings is formed. In addition, shaft holes 60AH each having a slightly larger round hole than the rotating portion 61C are formed in the left and right side surfaces of the storage portion 60AC in the rearward positions in the left-right direction. . The rotation part 61C of the handle 61 is inserted through the shaft hole 60AH.

  With this configuration, the handle 61 can freely rotate with respect to the top plate portion 60A with the rotation portion 61C as a rotation center. That is, the handle 61 is rotated so that the support portion 61B is laid and the grip portion 61A is embedded in the storage portion 60AC of the top plate portion 60A as shown by the solid line in FIG. (Referred to as a state), or as shown by a broken line in FIG. 10 (A), the support portion 61B is substantially upright and the grip portion 61A is slightly separated from the top plate portion 60A at the approximate center in the front-rear direction (hereinafter referred to as this). Transition to a gripping state).

  In this gripping state, the handle 61 is gripped by a staff member of a financial institution to easily move the entire large storage cassette 19A, for example, to be easily loaded into the slot 28 (FIG. 4), or to the slot 28. Can be easily taken out from.

  Incidentally, in the top plate portion 60A, the position of the shaft hole 60AH is adjusted so that a straight line VL1 (FIG. 10B) that virtually connects the centers of the shaft holes 60AH passes directly above the center of gravity of the large storage cassette 19A. Has been. For this reason, the large storage cassette 19A can adjust the vertical direction of the housing 60 to be substantially vertical when the handle 61 in the gripping state is gripped.

  The outer dimensions of the housing 60 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are slightly shorter than the inner dimensions of the slot 28 (FIG. 5), respectively. For this reason, when the large storage cassette 19A is loaded in the slot 28, it is almost positioned at a predetermined loading position.

  The top plate 60A is provided with a delivery port 62 at a position near the rear end. The delivery port 62 is a long hole elongated in the left-right direction, and is inserted toward the inside or outside of the housing 60 with the short side direction of the banknote as the traveling direction, that is, with the paper face directed in the front-rear direction. ing. Incidentally, the delivery port 62 has a length in the left-right direction of 200 [mm] and a length in the front-rear direction of 5 [mm], for example. Further, in the vicinity of both left and right ends on the front side of the delivery port 62, holes 62Q for aligning the position of the lid portion 26 (FIG. 4) with respect to the delivery port 26A are formed.

  A rectangular parallelepiped storage space 60 </ b> S for storing banknotes is formed in the housing 60. Between the storage space 60 </ b> S and the delivery port 62, as in the case of the conventional storage cassette, a separation and stacking unit 65 configured by a guide for guiding banknotes, a plurality of rotatable rollers, and the like is provided. Based on the control of the banknote control unit 12 (FIG. 2), the separation and stacking unit 65 discharges the banknotes between the storage space 60S and the delivery port 62 and discharges them into the storage space 60S in the vertical direction. The stacking operation for stacking and the feeding operation for separating and feeding out the banknotes stacked in the storage space 60S one by one are performed.

  Incidentally, a motor (not shown) that generates power for rotating the rollers and the like of the separating and accumulating unit 65 is provided at a predetermined position in the housing 60. In addition, various sensors (not shown) for detecting the amount, presence, etc. of bills stored are also provided at predetermined locations in the housing 60.

  Further, a cassette side connector 67 corresponding to the lower slot side connector 37 is provided at the bottom of the housing 60 at a position corresponding to the lower slot side connector 37 (FIG. 5) provided at the bottom of the slot 28. .

  For this reason, when the large storage cassette 19A is loaded in the slot 28, the cassette side connector 67 is fitted to the lower slot side connector 37 to electrically connect the loading unit 25 side, that is, the main body side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10. Connected to. Thereby, the large storage cassette 19A receives supply of electric power for driving the motor, acquires a control signal from the banknote control unit 12, or sends a detection signal indicating a detection result by a built-in sensor. Is possible.

  The large storage cassette 19A has such a configuration. When the large storage cassette 19A is loaded into the slot 28, the cassette-side connector 67 provided at the bottom is replaced with the lower slot-side connector 37 (FIG. 5) provided at the bottom of the slot 28. Mated. Further, when the lid part 26 is rotated to be in a closed state (FIG. 2), the delivery port 26A is connected to the delivery port 62 of the large storage cassette 19A.

  When stacking banknotes, the large storage cassette 19A separates and stacks banknotes carried into the large storage cassette 19A from the lower transport section 18 (FIG. 2) through the delivery port 62 based on the control of the banknote control section 12. Then, the banknotes are collected in the storage space 60S. Further, when paying out banknotes, the large storage cassette 19 </ b> A causes the separation and stacking unit 65 to perform a separation operation based on the control of the banknote control unit 12 to separate the banknotes in the storage space 60 </ b> S one by one up to the delivery port 62. It conveys and it feeds out from the said delivery port 62 to the lower conveyance part 18 (FIG. 2).

  Thus, the large storage cassette 19 </ b> A is loaded in the slot 28 and receives power supply and control from the banknote control unit 12 through the cassette-side connector 67, and the lower transport unit 18 through the delivery port 62. The banknote stacking operation and the feeding operation are performed while handing over the banknotes.

[5-2. Configuration of the lower small storage cassette]
As shown in FIG. 11 corresponding to FIG. 10, the lower small storage cassette 19 </ b> B is approximately half as long as the large storage cassette 19 </ b> A (FIG. 10A) as a whole. It is configured in the same manner as the storage cassette 19A.

  Specifically, the housing 70 of the lower small storage cassette 19B and the storage space 70S therein are shaped so that the housing 60 and the storage space 60S of the large storage cassette 19A are respectively shortened to about half in the vertical direction. Yes. In other respects, the lower stage small storage cassette 19B has a separation and accumulation unit 65, a cassette-side connector 67, and the like, like the large storage cassette 19A.

  The outer dimensions of the casing 70 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are slightly shorter than the inner dimensions of the slot 28 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, respectively, like the casing 60 of the large storage cassette 19A. For this reason, when the lower stage small storage cassette 19B is loaded in the slot 28, it is almost positioned at a predetermined loading position.

  Incidentally, as will be described later, the delivery port 62 of the lower small storage cassette 19B is placed in the bottom of the upper small storage cassette 19C in a state where the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded above the lower small storage cassette 19B in the slot 28. Banknotes are delivered to and from the delivery port provided.

  For this reason, the lower stage small storage cassette 19B, like the large storage cassette 19A, receives power supply and control from the banknote control unit 12 via the cassette side connector 67 while being loaded in the slot 28, and receives the upper stage small storage cassette 19B. While delivering banknotes to and from the cassette 19C, banknote stacking and feeding operations are performed.

  Incidentally, the lower stage small storage cassette 19B is positioned at the lower end with respect to the slot 28 because the cassette side connector 67 is provided at the lower end. On the other hand, in the state where the lower stage small storage cassette 19B is loaded in the slot 28, the upper end portion thereof is not strictly positioned, and has a certain degree of freedom regarding the position in the front-rear and left-right directions.

[5-3. Configuration of upper stage small cassette]
As shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, a perspective view is shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B and a plan view in each direction is shown in FIG. ), And a bill is stored inside the housing 80.

  The top plate portion 80A of the upper small storage cassette 19C is provided with a handle 61 similar to the large storage cassette 19A and the lower small storage cassette 19B.

  As in the case 60 of the large storage cassette 19A, the length of the casing 80 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction is slightly shorter than the inner dimensions of the slot 28 (FIG. 5). . In addition to this, on the right side surface of the housing 80, a protruding base 81 protruding rightward in a relatively wide range is provided.

  The protruding base 81 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a plate shape that is thin in the left-right direction as a whole, and the length in the vertical direction and the length in the front-rear direction are longer than the length in the vertical direction and the length in the front-rear direction in the casing 80. Is about 10-15% smaller. From another viewpoint, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C has a shape in which a protruding base portion 81 having a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape is attached to the right side surface of the rectangular parallelepiped casing 80.

  Here, when the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is compared with the lower stage small storage cassette 19B (FIG. 11), the size of the housing 80 is almost the same as the size of the housing 70, and the upper stage small storage cassette is equivalent to the protruding base 81. The cassette 19C is larger. The length in the front-rear direction of the protruding base 81 is slightly shorter than the distance between the front and rear right guide bodies 39 attached to the slot 28 (FIG. 6).

  A right front protrusion 82 and a right rear protrusion 83 are erected in the vicinity of the lower ends of the front surface and the rear surface of the projecting base 81 toward the front and the rear, respectively. The right front protrusion 82 is formed as a short columnar protrusion whose central axis is directed in the front-rear direction.

  The front surface of the right front protrusion 82 is formed in a planar shape substantially parallel to the front surface of the housing 80, and is located slightly behind the front surface of the housing 80. Further, the diameter of the right front protrusion 82 is slightly smaller than the groove width of the groove portion 42 in the right guide body 39 (FIG. 8).

  The right rear protrusion 83 is formed as a short columnar protrusion with the central axis in the front-rear direction, like the right front protrusion 82. The rear surface of the right rear protrusion 83 is formed in a planar shape that is substantially parallel to the rear surface of the housing 80, and is located slightly forward of the rear surface of the housing 80. The right rear protrusion 83 has a cylindrical diameter equal to that of the right front protrusion 82, and the center axis thereof is positioned on the extension line of the center axis of the right front protrusion 82. In other words, assuming a straight line VL2 (FIG. 13) passing through the central axis of the right front protrusion 82, the straight line VL2 also passes through the central axis of the right rear protrusion 83.

  A protective protrusion 84 is erected above the right front protrusion 82 on the front surface of the protruding base 81. The protective protrusion 84 is formed in a columnar shape equivalent to the right front protrusion 82. On the other hand, a door 92 that can be opened and closed is provided on the front surface of the housing 80. The door 92 is rotatably attached to the housing 80 via a turning portion 92A provided at the right end. When the door 92 is largely rotated, for example, about 160 degrees, the door 92 abuts on both the right front protrusion 82 and the protective protrusion 84, and further rotation is restricted.

  That is, in the upper small storage cassette 19C, the protective protrusion 84 can prevent the occurrence of breakage due to an excessive force applied to one place, which may occur when the door 92 contacts only the right front protrusion 82.

  On the left side surface of the housing 80, a left protrusion 85 protruding in the left direction from the surrounding is provided at a position slightly below the front and rear centers. The left protrusion 85 is formed in an elongated rectangular parallelepiped shape whose longitudinal direction is the vertical direction, and is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape whose lower end portion is partially rounded and whose central axis is directed in the left-right direction.

  Thus, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C is provided with the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 so as to protrude further forward and backward from the protruding base portion 81 protruding rightward of the casing 80, and to the left of the casing 80. A left protrusion 85 is provided so as to protrude.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, a relay conveyance path 86 is provided in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C so as to penetrate the inside of the casing 80 in the vertical direction. A plurality of transport rollers 87 are discretely arranged in the vertical direction so as to be sandwiched. The transport roller 87 is rotated by a driving force transmitted from a motor (not shown).

  The upper end of the relay conveyance path 86 is connected to an upper delivery port 88 provided in the top plate portion 80 </ b> A of the housing 80. The lower end of the relay conveyance path 86 is connected to a lower delivery port 89 provided in the bottom plate portion 80 </ b> B of the housing 80.

  As in the case of the delivery port 62 (FIG. 10) of the large storage cassette 19A, a hole for aligning the position of the lid portion 26 (FIG. 4) with respect to the delivery port 26A is provided in the vicinity of both left and right ends on the front side of the upper delivery port 88. Each part 88Q is perforated. Further, in the vicinity of both left and right ends on the front side of the lower delivery port 89, protrusions 89P for aligning the position of the lower small storage cassette 19B with respect to the delivery port 62 (FIG. 11) are erected.

  Further, near the upper end of the relay conveyance path 86, a switch 90 that switches the banknote conveyance path is provided. This switch 90 changes the conveyance direction of a banknote based on control from the banknote control part 12 (FIG. 2), the 1st switching state which conveys a banknote between upper direction and the downward direction, upper direction and front It can switch to the 2nd switching state which conveys a banknote between below.

  Between the switch 90 and the storage space 80S, a separation and accumulation conveyance path 91 that is inclined so as to connect the rear upper part and the front lower part is formed. Around the separation and accumulation conveyance path 91, a separation and accumulation unit 65 having the same configuration as that of the large storage cassette 19A (FIG. 10) is disposed.

  Further, on the lower surface of the protruding base 81 (FIGS. 12 and 13), the upper slot side connector 38 and the upper slot side connector 38 (FIG. 5) provided in the middle of the right side surface of the slot 28 are disposed. A cassette side connector 93 to be connected is provided.

  For this reason, when the upper stage small cassette 19C is loaded into the slot 28, the cassette side connector 93 is connected to the upper slot side connector 38, whereby the loading section 25 side, that is, the main body side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is electrically connected. Connected to. As a result, as in the case of the large storage cassette 19A, the upper small storage cassette 19C receives power supply for driving the motor, acquires a control signal from the banknote control unit 12, or by a built-in sensor. It is possible to send a detection signal representing the detection result.

  Similarly to the large storage cassette 19 </ b> A, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C drives the motor based on the power and control signals supplied from the main body side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, so Rotate the rollers.

  When the switching device 90 is switched to the second switching state based on the control of the banknote control unit 12 (FIG. 2), the upper stage small storage cassette 19C receives the banknote while performing the stacking operation and the separation operation of the banknotes by the separation stacking unit 65. A banknote can be conveyed bidirectionally between the transfer port 88 and the storage space 80S. Hereinafter, such an operation mode in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is referred to as a separation and accumulation operation mode.

  On the other hand, in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C, when the switch 90 is switched to the first switching state based on the control of the banknote control unit 12 (FIG. 2), the respective upper and lower delivery ports 88 are rotated by rotating the respective transport rollers 87. The bills can be transported in the vertical direction along the relay transport path 86 between the lower delivery port 89. Hereinafter, such an operation mode in the upper small storage cassette 19C is referred to as a relay operation mode.

  As described above, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C is switched to the relay operation mode or the separation / stacking operation mode by switching the switch 90 to the first switching state or the second switching state based on the control of the banknote control unit 12. ing.

[5-4. Storage and delivery of banknotes in small storage cassette]
Next, storage and feeding of banknotes between the lower stage small storage cassette 19B and the upper stage small storage cassette 19C will be described. Here, it is assumed that the lower stage small storage cassette 19B is loaded in the slot 28 of the loading section 25 (FIG. 4), and the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is further stacked thereon (FIG. 2).

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 15 corresponding to FIG. 11A and FIG. 14, the lower stage small storage cassette 19B and the upper stage small storage cassette 19C are inserted into the hole portion 62Q so that the lower stage small storage cassette 19C is inserted. The lower delivery port 89 of the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is positioned almost directly above the delivery port 62 of 19B and brought into close proximity to each other so that bills can be delivered to each other.

  Further, in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C, when the lid body portion 26 (FIG. 4A) is in a closed state, the upper delivery port 88 of the delivery port 26A is inserted by inserting the projection 26AP into the hole 88Q. It is in a state where the bills can be delivered to and from the lower transport unit 18 by being positioned almost directly below and close to each other.

  For example, when storing the banknote conveyed to the lower conveyance part 18 in the lower stage small storage cassette 19B, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C located between both is relay operation mode by control of the banknote control part 12 (FIG. 2). Works with. That is, when the lower transport unit 18 discharges the banknote from the delivery port 26 </ b> A, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C receives the banknote through the upper delivery port 88, transports it downward through the relay transport path 86, and ejects it from the lower delivery port 89. .

  In response to this, the lower stage small storage cassette 19B can receive the banknote in the storage space 70S by receiving the banknote through the delivery port 62 and operating the separation and stacking unit 65 in the stacking mode.

  Further, when the banknotes stored in the lower small storage cassette 19B are fed out and delivered to the lower transport unit 18, the upper small storage cassette 19C also operates in the relay operation mode. That is, the lower small storage cassette 19 </ b> B separates the banknotes stored in the storage space 70 </ b> S one by one by operating the separation and stacking unit 65 in the separation mode, and discharges them from the delivery port 62.

  In response to this, the upper stage small storage cassette 19 </ b> C receives this bill through the lower delivery port 89, transports it upward through the relay transport path 86, and discharges it from the upper delivery port 88. The lower conveyance part 18 receives this banknote by the delivery port 26A, and conveys it to a predetermined conveyance destination.

  On the other hand, when storing the banknote conveyed to the lower conveyance part 18 in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C, the said upper stage small storage cassette 19C operate | moves in the separation / stacking operation mode by control of the banknote control part 12 (FIG. 2). That is, when the lower transport unit 18 discharges the banknote from the delivery port 26A, the upper small storage cassette 19C receives the banknote through the upper delivery port 88 and transports the banknote forward and downward along the separation and accumulation transport path 91. By operating the separation and stacking unit 65 in the stacking mode, the banknote can be stored in the storage space 80S.

  When the banknotes stored in the upper small storage cassette 19C are transported to the lower transport unit 18, the upper small storage cassette 19C also operates in the separation and accumulation operation mode. That is, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C operates the separation and stacking unit 65 in the separation mode to separate the banknotes stored in the storage space 80S one by one and moves rearward and upward along the separation and stacking conveyance path 91. It is conveyed and discharged from the upper delivery port 88. The lower conveyance part 18 receives this banknote by the delivery port 26A, and conveys it to a predetermined conveyance destination.

  As described above, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C operates in the relay operation mode when the banknotes are stored or fed out in the lower stage small storage cassette 19B, and between the delivery port 26A and the upper delivery port 88 of the lid body 26, and below. The bills are delivered between the delivery port 89 and the delivery port 62 of the lower small storage cassette 19B.

[6. Loading operation and effect of upper small storage cassette]
In the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 loads only one relatively long large storage cassette 19A into each slot 28 of the loading unit 25, or a relatively short lower stage small storage cassette 19B. A relatively short upper stage small storage cassette 19C was loaded on top of the other (FIG. 4).

  The loading unit 25 is configured so that the right side 32 is as high as the large storage cassette 19A, while the left side 33, the partition plate 36, and the like are configured so as to be slightly higher than the lower small storage cassette 19B. Further, in the upper portion of each slot 28 of the loading portion 25, a right guide body 39 is provided at the boundary portion of the right side portion 32, and a left guide body 40 is provided on the left side portion 33 (FIG. 6).

  On the other hand, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C is provided with a cylindrical right front protrusion 82 and a right rear protrusion 83 in front of and behind a protruding base 81 provided on the right side of the casing 80, and further has a rectangular parallelepiped shape elongated in the vertical direction on the left side of the casing 80. Left projection 85 (FIGS. 12 and 13).

  Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, as shown in FIG. 12A, the forward direction, the upward direction, and the left direction in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C are referred to as the x direction, the y direction, and the z direction, respectively. Called the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis.

  When the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded into the slot 28 in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, as shown in FIG. 16, the handle 61 (FIG. 12 etc.) of the upper small storage cassette 19C is grasped and lifted by an operator or the like. , The upper portion of the slot 28 is positioned at the upper left (hereinafter referred to as the first state). Incidentally, in FIG. 16 and the subsequent drawings, the upper portion of the slot 28 and the upper small storage cassette 19C as viewed from the front are schematically shown by simplifying or omitting a part thereof.

  Here, in the slot 28, as described above, only the right side of the front, rear, left and right side surfaces is relatively high, that is, the left side surface is relatively low. For this reason, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, by positioning the upper small storage cassette 19C in the upper left of the slot 28 in this first state, the height of lifting the upper small storage cassette 19C can be kept relatively small.

  By the way, when the upper small storage cassette 19C is properly loaded into the slot 28, the front and rear left and right side surfaces and the lower surface of the upper small storage cassette 19C are respectively connected to the front and rear left and right inner side surfaces and the lower inner side surface of the slot 28. The cassette-side connector 67 is designed to be fitted to the upper slot-side connector 38 (FIG. 5) by descending directly below in a substantially parallel state. Hereinafter, an angle at which each side surface of the upper small storage cassette 19C is substantially parallel to each inner side surface of the slot 28 is referred to as an appropriate angle, and a position where the upper small storage cassette 19C is properly loaded into the slot 28 is appropriate. Called position.

  However, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C that is actually in the first state may be inclined (rotated) around the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis with respect to the appropriate angle, There is a high possibility that the position is displaced (moved) in the front-rear direction (x direction), the up-down direction (y direction), and the left-right direction (z direction). For this reason, even if the upper-stage small storage cassette 19C is lowered in this state, the cassette-side connector 67 cannot be properly fitted to the upper-stage slot-side connector 38 (FIG. 5), causing contact failure or damage. there is a possibility.

  The upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C in the first state is first moved to the right by a force applied to the right by an operator or the like. Here, an inclined surface 41 </ b> A is formed on the upper right side of the substrate 41 in the front and rear right guide bodies 39 in the slot 28. For this reason, the right guide body 39 has the inclined surface 41A so that the position in the front-rear direction (that is, the x direction) of the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 of the upper small storage cassette 19C is changed to the proper position along with the rightward movement. You can get closer to.

  Eventually, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C is stationary when the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are brought into contact with at least one of the right side wall portions 43 of the front and rear right guide bodies 39. Then, the protruding base part 81 enters between the right side wall parts 43 (hereinafter referred to as a second state).

  In the second state, the upper small storage cassette 19C is loosely sandwiched by the right side wall 43 of the right guide body 39 in the front and rear in each of the front and rear sides, that is, slightly sandwiched by a gap, With respect to the x direction (front-rear direction), the position is generally adjusted to an appropriate position and the movement is restricted.

  Further, since the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are in contact with the right wall 43 of the right guide body 39, the upper small storage cassette 19C can be adjusted to the proper position and the movement is restricted in the right direction. In addition, the leftward movement is also restricted by the force that the operator continues to press to the right.

  That is, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, in the second state, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C can be adjusted to a generally appropriate position in the front-rear direction (x direction) and the movement in the left-right direction (z direction) is restricted. Can do.

  However, in this second state, the upper small storage cassette 19C may be rotated at least around the y-axis with respect to an appropriate angle, so that only one of the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 is the right wall portion. There is a possibility that the other of the abutting parts 43 is lifted (slightly separated). Further, in this second state, the upper small storage cassette 19C can freely move in the left direction and the vertical direction (y direction), and can freely rotate about the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis.

  In other words, in the second state, the upper small storage cassette 19C has a degree of freedom in the loading posture with respect to these directions and the axes, and does not necessarily have to be in an appropriate position or an appropriate angle.

  Here, the interval between the right guide bodies 39 provided before and after the slot 28 is the front-rear length of the casing 80 in the upper small storage cassette 19C, that is, the casing 70 in the lower small storage cassette 19B and the casing in the large storage cassette 19A. It is sufficiently narrower than the longitudinal length of 60. For this reason, in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, as shown in FIG. 19, the large storage cassette 19A and the lower small storage cassette 19B, which may occur when the interval between the right guide bodies 39 is wide, are lowered to the right from the correct loading position. Thus, it is possible to prevent the upper slot side connector 38 from being damaged.

  Next, the upper small storage cassette 19C is gradually moved downward, and as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are inserted into the groove portion 42 of the right guide body 39 in the front and rear, respectively. (This is hereinafter referred to as a third state).

  At this time, in the upper small storage cassette 19C, the protruding base 81 is sandwiched between the right side wall 43 of the right guide body 39 with a slight gap from the front and rear, and the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are connected to the right guide body 39. And are sandwiched between the right side wall part 43 and the left side wall part 44 from the left and right directions with almost no gap.

  Here, it is assumed that in the right guide body 39 (FIG. 8), the left side wall portion 44 is provided to the upper end similarly to the right side wall portion 43, and the groove portion 42 is formed to the upper end. In this case, in order to insert the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 into the groove portion 42, an operator or the like first adjusts the position of the upper small storage cassette 19C in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction to substantially proper positions and the y-axis. It is necessary to position the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 directly above the groove portion 42 by adjusting the surrounding rotation to an appropriate angle.

  Furthermore, in this case, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C needs to be lowered directly while maintaining the position in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction and the angle around the y-axis. That is, in this case, an extremely delicate work is required for the operator and the like with respect to the position and angle of the upper small storage cassette 19C, and the workability is greatly reduced.

  On the other hand, in the actual right guide body 39 (FIG. 8), the right side wall 43 is formed to the upper end, while the left side wall 44 is formed only in the lower part. Therefore, the upper small storage cassette 19C is moved to the right with only the position in the front-rear direction being substantially in the first state (FIG. 16), and either the right front protrusion 82 or the right rear protrusion 83 is moved to the right. By abutting on the right side wall 43 of the guide body 39, the position in the left-right direction can be adjusted to a proper position.

  Further, the upper small storage cassette 19C is rotated slightly around the y axis while being pressed rightward, so that both the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 abut against the right wall 43 of the right guide body 39. Thus, the position in the left-right direction can be adjusted to the appropriate position and the rotation around the y-axis can be adjusted to the appropriate angle.

  Therefore, an operator or the like slides at least one of the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 on the right wall portion 43 of the right guide body 39 by lowering the upper small storage cassette 19C while applying a slight rightward force. The right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 can be recessed into the groove portion 42 while being moved.

  At this time, the front and rear right guide bodies 39 in the slot 28 are so-called chamfered on the left side of the upper end of the left side wall 44, so that the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are temporarily lifted from the right side wall 43. Even if it is in a state, it can be gradually guided into the groove 42 as it descends.

  Furthermore, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, in this third state, the left protrusion 85 of the upper small storage cassette 19C is not inserted into the groove 52 provided in the left guide body 40 on the slot 28 side. That is, in this third state, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 does not need to adjust the left side portion to an appropriate position, and makes the operator or the like pay attention only to the right side portion, and sets the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 to the respective positions. What is necessary is just to intrude into the groove part 42, respectively.

  Here, since the diameter of the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 is slightly shorter than the groove width of the groove portion 42, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are inserted into the groove portion 42. The position in the direction (z direction) is adjusted to an appropriate position, and movement in the left-right direction is restricted.

  By the way, in the upper stage small storage cassette 19C, as shown schematically in FIG. 22A, the upper end of the front surface of the right front protrusion 82 with respect to the front-rear distance L1 between the front surface of the right front protrusion 82 and the rear surface of the right rear protrusion 83. And the distance L2 in the diagonal direction becomes longer like the lower end of the rear surface of the right rear protrusion 83.

  For this reason, as shown in FIG. 22B, the distance L3, which is the distance between the substrates 41 in the front and rear right guide bodies 39 attached to the slot 28, is larger than the distance L1 in the front-rear direction in the upper small storage cassette 19C. If the distance is slightly longer, the distance L3 may be shorter than the diagonal distance L2.

  In such a case, as shown in FIG. 22C, when the upper small storage cassette 19C is rotated about the z axis with respect to the appropriate angle, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 bite into the substrate 41, respectively. Thus, there is a possibility that the upper small storage cassette 19C cannot be lowered. That is, in this case, it is necessary for an operator or the like to lower the upper stage small storage cassette 19C with care so as not to rotate the z-axis as much as possible from an appropriate angle, and the workability is extremely lowered.

  Considering this point, in the actual banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, the distance L1 in the front-rear direction of the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 is sufficiently shorter than the distance L3, which is the distance between the substrates 41, and is longer than the distance L3. The distance L2 in the diagonal direction was made shorter.

  In other words, in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, the position of the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C with respect to the slot 28 in the front-rear direction (x direction) is not the relationship between the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 and the groove 42, but protrudes. The front and rear surfaces of the base portion 81 and the right side wall portion 43 of the right guide body 39 are regulated.

  For this reason, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the front surface of the right front protrusion 82 and the rear surface of the right rear protrusion 83 can be maintained away from the substrate 41 even when the upper small storage cassette 19C is rotated around the z axis from an appropriate angle. Even if it is slightly rotated around the z axis, it can be lowered without being caught.

  That is, in this third state, the upper small storage cassette 19C is substantially restricted in movement in the front-rear direction (x direction) and is substantially regulated, and the left and right direction (z direction) position is in the proper position. Together, the movement is restricted, and accordingly, the rotation around the y-axis is also restricted.

  On the other hand, the upper small storage cassette 19C can move freely in the vertical direction (y direction) because the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 can move in the vertical direction in the groove portion 42 of the right guide body 39, respectively. Also, it can rotate freely around the z axis. Further, since the upper small storage cassette 19C has both the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 formed in a columnar shape and the center axes thereof are aligned with each other, they can freely rotate around the x-axis with these as the center axes. You can also.

  That is, the upper small storage cassette 19C may be out of the proper position and proper angle with respect to the position in the vertical direction (y direction) and the angles around the z axis and the x axis. In other words, in this third state, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C still has a degree of freedom of the loading posture with respect to the position in the vertical direction (y direction) and the angles around the z axis and the x axis. There is no need for the proper position or angle.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the upper small storage cassette 19C is further moved downward, and the left protrusion 85 enters the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40 (hereinafter referred to as the fourth state). Call).

  Here, the left protrusion 85 is formed elongated in the vertical direction and rounded in the vicinity of the lower end. Further, the left guide body 40 is chamfered at a part of the ridges. Therefore, even if the upper small storage cassette 19C is at a position where the left protrusion 85 is slightly off from above the groove portion 52, or even if it is slightly rotated around the z axis with respect to the appropriate angle, the upper small storage cassette 19C Thus, the left protrusion 85 can be gradually guided into the groove 52.

  Further, since the left protrusion 85 is formed to be elongated in the vertical direction, in the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40, the left projection 85 abuts on the front side wall portion 53 and the rear side wall portion 54 at two or more locations separated in the vertical direction Very close. That is, the left guide body 40 can adjust the rotation of the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C to a substantially appropriate angle around the z axis by the left protrusion 85 of the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C entering the groove 52. .

  Further, in the fourth state, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C makes the left side surface of the housing 80 extremely close to the right side surface of the left guide body 40, or makes a partial contact. As a result, the upper small storage cassette 19C is largely restricted from rotating around the x axis, and the range in which it can freely rotate becomes extremely narrow. Further, at this time, the upper small storage cassette 19C brings the vicinity of the lower end of the front surface and the rear surface of the housing 80 close to or in contact with the vicinity of the upper end of the partition plate 36 (FIGS. 6 and 7).

  That is, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, when the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is changed from the third state to the fourth state, the rotation angle around the z axis is newly regulated to an appropriate angle, and around the x axis. The rotation angle is regulated to a state close to an appropriate angle.

  In other words, in this fourth state, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is adjusted to a substantially appropriate position in the front-rear direction (x direction) and the left-right direction (z direction), and the rotation around the y axis and the z axis is performed. In any case, the angle is regulated to be an appropriate angle. On the other hand, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C can move freely in the vertical direction (y direction) from the third state, and can also rotate slightly around the x axis.

  At this time, the cassette side connector 93 of the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is substantially directly above the upper slot side connector 38 (FIG. 5) of the slot 28, and is at an appropriate angle with respect to the y axis and the z axis. Furthermore, it is in a state relatively close to an appropriate angle around the x axis.

  Finally, when the upper small storage cassette 19C is further moved downward by an operator or the like, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are slid along the groove portion 42 of the right guide body 39, and the left protrusion 85 is moved. By sliding along the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40, the rotation proceeds almost directly without changing the rotation angle.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 25, the upper small storage cassette 19C brings the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 into contact with the stopper 45 of the right guide body 39, and the left protrusion 85 with the stopper 55 of the left guide body 40. (This is hereinafter referred to as a fifth state).

  Here, in the fourth state, the upper-stage small storage cassette 19C has the cassette-side connector 93 positioned almost directly above the upper-stage slot-side connector 38, and is at an appropriate angle with respect to the y-axis and the z-axis. Is relatively close to the proper angle.

  For this reason, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C simply descends while being guided by the right guide body 39 and the left guide body 40, and the cassette side connector 93 slides with the upper slot side connector 38 to move around the x axis. While rotating to approach the appropriate angle, it can be fitted at the correct angle.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 26 (A) to (D), the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 includes a cassette-side connector 93 that can be generated when the upper small storage cassette 19C is rotated around each axis with respect to an appropriate angle. It is possible to prevent the upper slot side connector 38 from being forcibly fitted and damaged in a shifted state.

  As described above, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, after the upper small storage cassette 19C is moved rightward from the first state (FIG. 16), it is gradually lowered so that the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are first moved. Each of the right guide body 39 is recessed into the groove portion 42, and then the left protrusion 85 is recessed into the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40.

  At this time, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, paying attention to the degree of freedom of the loading posture related to the rotation of the upper small storage cassette 19C, as the upper small storage cassette 19C is lowered in the slot 28, first the rotation around the y-axis. Then, the rotation around the z-axis is restricted, and finally the rotation around the x-axis is restricted.

  At this time, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, paying attention to the degree of freedom of the loading posture with respect to the movement of the upper small storage cassette 19C, as the upper small storage cassette 19C is lowered in the slot 28, first the front-rear direction (x Movement in the direction), then movement in the left-right direction (z direction) is restricted, and finally movement in the up-down direction (y direction) is restricted.

  That is, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can gradually limit the degree of freedom of the loading posture with respect to movement and rotation as the upper stage small storage cassette 19C moves rightward and downwards. Thus, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of difficult work such as precise position adjustment required when suddenly limiting the degree of freedom, and smoothly load the work without degrading workability.

  Further, the slot 28 (FIG. 6) requires only the right side 32 provided with the right guide body 39 among the front, rear, left and right side surfaces to be relatively high. Other side surfaces such as the partition plate 36 can be kept relatively low.

  Thereby, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the visibility from the oblique upper side with respect to the inside of the slot 28 can be greatly improved, and the lower end is lifted when the large storage cassette 19A and the lower small storage cassette 19B are loaded or taken out. Since the power height should not be higher than the upper end of the right side portion 32 but higher than the upper end of the left side portion 33 and the partition plate 36, workability can be improved.

  Further, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C has the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 at a position lower than the center, particularly near the lower end with respect to the vertical direction of the protruding base 81, in the vicinity of the cassette side connector 93, and the cassette The side connector 93 was disposed at a position sandwiched from the front and rear, that is, from both sides in the longitudinal direction.

  Thereby, when the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is loaded in the slot 28, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can be brought close to the upper stage slot side connector 38 in the vicinity of the cassette side connector 93 while accurately aligning the position. It is possible to prevent damage to each connector.

  Further, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 includes a right front protrusion 82, a right rear protrusion 83, and a left protrusion 85 that define the loading position of the upper small storage cassette 19C with respect to the slot 28 on both the left and right sides of the lower side of the housing 80. The doorway 89 was arranged at a position sandwiching from the left and right. As a result, the upper small storage cassette 19C can be positioned in the vicinity of the left and right ends of the lower delivery port 89, so that the positional accuracy of the lower small storage cassette 19B with respect to the delivery port 62 (FIGS. 11 and 15) is improved. be able to.

  In particular, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the paper surface of the banknote is transported along the short side direction between the front and rear by rollers or the like in each internal transport path, and each delivery port such as the lower delivery port 89 and the delivery port 62 is provided. In FIG. 2, since the paper surface of the banknote is directed forward and backward, there is a relatively large margin for positional deviation in the horizontal direction, but it is necessary to suppress positional deviation in the longitudinal direction as much as possible.

  In this respect, since the upper small storage cassette 19C can be positioned with respect to the slot 28 at both left and right ends in the longitudinal direction, the lower small storage cassette 19C is smaller than the case where the left protrusion 85 is omitted and the positioning is performed only on the right side. The position of the lower delivery port 89 with respect to the delivery port 62 of the storage cassette 19B can be appropriately adjusted, and the accuracy of bill delivery can be improved.

  Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the upper stage small storage cassette 19C is positioned with respect to the slot 28, not the lower stage small storage cassette 19B. On the other hand, as described above, the lower-stage small storage cassette 19B does not strictly position the delivery port 62 at the upper end in the state of being loaded in the slot 28, and has a degree of freedom regarding the front-rear and left-right positions. Have.

  For this reason, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 loads the upper small storage cassette 19C into an appropriate position, a hole 89P provided in the vicinity of the lower delivery port 89 is provided in the vicinity of the delivery port 62 in the lower delivery cassette 19B. By fitting with the portion 62Q, the position of the upper end in the lower small storage cassette 19B can be finely adjusted so that the delivery port 62 is correctly opposed to the lower delivery port 89.

  From another point of view, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 has an upper stage even if the loading state of the lower small storage cassette 19B with respect to the slot 28 is poor and the delivery port 62 has a slight positional deviation from the correct position. Since the small storage cassette 19C can be loaded at an appropriate position with respect to the slot 28, accumulation of misalignment due to vertical stacking does not occur. Thereby, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 can adjust the position of the upper delivery port 88 (FIGS. 12 and 15) to the delivery port 26A of the lid portion 26 (FIG. 4) with high accuracy.

  Furthermore, since the upper small storage cassette 19C is positioned relative to the slot 28 by the right front protrusion 82, the right rear protrusion 83, and the left protrusion 85 provided relatively close to the lower end, the degree of freedom of position in the vicinity of the upper end is relatively large. Therefore, a certain degree of freedom can be secured even after loading.

  For this reason, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, when the lid portion 26 (FIG. 4) is closed, the protrusion 26AP and the hole 88Q of the upper small storage cassette 19C are fitted to each other, thereby The position of the upper delivery port 88 can be finely adjusted according to the delivery port 26A of the lid part 26, and it becomes possible to deliver a banknote accurately between both.

  Furthermore, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 has stoppers 45 and 55 formed at the lower ends of the grooves 42 and 52 in the right guide body 39 and the left guide body 40 of the slot 28. As a result, in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded into the slot 28, and the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are brought into contact with the stopper 45 with the action of gravity, and the left protrusion 85 is used as the stopper 55. At the stage of contact, the downward movement of the upper small storage cassette 19C can be restricted and the position can be fixed.

  For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is not limited to the case where the lower small storage cassette 19B is loaded in the slot 28 as shown in FIG. 27A, for example, but as shown in FIG. Even when the storage cassette 19B is not loaded, the upper small storage cassette 19C can be held at an appropriate position and at an appropriate angle.

  As a result, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 does not cause damage due to excessive force applied to the cassette-side connector 93, the upper slot-side connector 38, and the like even when the lower small storage cassette 19B is removed from the slot 28. The upper stage small storage cassette 19C can be operated correctly. Thereby, the automatic teller machine 1 can be normally operated and can increase the possibility of performing a deposit transaction and a withdrawal transaction with a customer, that is, so-called availability.

  The slot 28 is provided with a right guide body 39, a left guide body 40, and an upper slot side connector 38 outside the range of the trajectory through which the large storage cassette 19A and the lower small storage cassette 19B pass (FIGS. 5 and 6). , FIG. 7). Accordingly, the upper small storage cassette 19C is provided with a protruding base 81, a right front protrusion 82, a right rear protrusion 83, a left protrusion 85, and a cassette side connector 93 outside the casing 80 (FIGS. 12 and 13). .

  Therefore, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, when the large storage cassette 19A or the lower small storage cassette 19B is loaded into the slot 28, it interferes with each component of the right guide body 39 and the left guide body 40 or the upper slot side connector 38. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform operations such as storing and pulling out these parts, and there is no possibility that the parts are damaged due to a careless mistake of a maintenance worker.

  Further, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the height of the left side portion 33 and the partition plate 36 forming the peripheral side portion of the slot 28 is set higher than the upper end of the upper slot side connector 38 (FIG. 5). Thereby, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, for example, as shown in FIGS. 28 (A) and 28 (B), the upper small storage cassette 19C and the like are lowered in a state of being largely rotated around the y axis with respect to an appropriate angle. Even so, the bottom plate portion 80B and the like of the housing 80 can be brought into contact with the left side portion 33 and the upper end of the partition plate 36. That is, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, it is possible to prevent the bottom plate portion 80 </ b> B and the like from colliding with the upper slot side connector 38 due to a careless mistake of a maintenance worker and the damage accompanying the collision.

  Further, the upper small storage cassette 19 </ b> C is configured such that the handle 61 (FIG. 11) rotates around the z axis with respect to the housing 80 in the rotating portion 61 </ b> C. For this reason, when the handle 61 is gripped by an operator, the upper small storage cassette 19C can be easily adjusted in position in the left-right direction (z direction), but in the front-back direction (x direction) with respect to the handle 61. Since the body 80 may turn unexpectedly, the position adjustment is not always easy, and the case 80 may need to be supported by the other hand.

  In consideration of this point, in the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10, when the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded in the slot 28, the upper small storage cassette 19C is first moved rightward (FIGS. 16 and 17). Even in the state where the handle 61 is held with one hand, the position can be easily adjusted without supporting the housing 80 with the other hand.

  According to the above configuration, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 is moved to the right after being positioned on the upper left side of the slot 28 when the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded into the slot 28. The protruding base 81 is fitted between the front and rear right guide bodies 39 to restrict the positions in the front-rear direction and the right direction. Subsequently, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 lowers the upper small storage cassette 19C to first cause the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 to be recessed into the groove portion 42 of the right guide body 39, respectively, and to determine the position in the left-right direction and the y axis. The rotation around is restricted, and then the left protrusion 85 is inserted into the groove 52 of the left guide body 40 to restrict the rotation around the z-axis and the rotation around the x-axis is greatly restricted. The connector 93 is correctly fitted to the upper slot side connector 38. Thereby, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 can achieve both workability and positional accuracy during loading.

[7. Other Embodiments]
In the embodiment described above, when the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded into the slot 28, the protruding base 81 is positioned between the front and rear right guide bodies 39 in the second state, and the right front protrusion 82 and the The case where the right rear protrusion 83 is inserted into the groove 42 of the right guide body 39 and then the left protrusion 85 is inserted into the groove 42 of the left guide body 40 in the fourth state has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, after the second state is set, the left protrusion 85 is first inserted into the groove 42 of the left guide body 40, and then the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are connected to the right guide body 39. The groove 42 may be recessed. In short, it is only necessary that the degree of freedom of the loading posture with respect to movement and rotation can be sequentially regulated as the upper small storage cassette 19C is loaded into the slot 28.

  In the above-described embodiment, protrusions (the right front protrusion 82, the right rear protrusion 83, and the left protrusion 85) are provided on the upper small storage cassette 19C side (FIGS. 12 and 13), and the groove portion (the right guide body is provided on the slot 28 side). The case where 39 groove portions 42 and the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40 are provided (FIGS. 6 to 9) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a groove may be provided on the upper small storage cassette 19C side and a protrusion may be provided on the slot 28 side. The shape provided in the upper small storage cassette 19C and the slot 28 is not limited to the combination of protrusions and grooves, and at least when the upper small storage cassette 19C can be moved up and down during loading, and when it reaches the appropriate position, it moves in each direction. Various shapes that can regulate the movement and rotation of the lens can be adopted.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the right front protrusion 82 is formed in a columnar shape has been described (FIGS. 12 and 13). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIGS. 29A, 29B, and 29C, various column shapes such as an elliptical column shape, a triangular column shape, and a hexagonal column shape may be used. In this case, what is necessary is just to be able to rotate in the groove part 42 when it is inserted into the groove part 42. The same applies to the right rear protrusion 83.

  Furthermore, for example, as shown in FIGS. 30A and 30B, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 may be hemispherical instead of columnar. In this case, the distance L2 in the diagonal direction as shown in FIG. 22A cannot be considered, and the distance L1 in the front-rear direction becomes the longest, so that a gripped state as shown in FIG. 22C is generated. There is nothing to do. Therefore, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 may be brought into contact with the substrate 41 in each of the front and rear right guide bodies 39 so that the position in the front and rear direction is adjusted to an appropriate position. In this case, since it is not necessary to regulate the position of the upper small storage cassette 19C in the front-rear direction by the protruding base 81 and the right guide body 39, for example, the gap between the two can be greatly widened to prevent friction from occurring and smoothly load. You may do it.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the right front protrusion 82 of the upper small storage cassette 19C is formed in a columnar shape, so that the right front protrusion 82 is inserted into the groove 42 of the right guide body 39 and the groove 42 The case where it can be rotated at has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the right front protrusion 82 may be formed in a prismatic shape so that it cannot be rotated in the groove 42. In this case, when the right front protrusion 82 is inserted into the groove 42, the rotation of the upper small storage cassette 19C around the x-axis can be largely restricted.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are erected on the front surface and the rear surface of the protruding base 81 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the protrusions may be erected on the front surface and the rear surface of the housing 80, for example.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the outer diameter of the right rear protrusion 83 is made equal to the outer diameter of the right front protrusion 82 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the outer diameter of the right rear protrusion 83 may be different from the outer diameter of the right front protrusion 82. In this case, it is desirable to match the groove width of the groove portion 42 in the right guide body 39 with the outer diameter of each protrusion.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the center axis of the right rear protrusion 83 is positioned on the extension line of the center axis of the right front protrusion 82 in the upper small storage cassette 19C has been described (FIG. 13). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the center axis of the right rear protrusion 83 may be positioned so as to be removed from the extension line of the center axis of the right front protrusion 82. In this case, as the distance between the center axis of the right rear protrusion 83 and the extension line of the center axis of the right front protrusion 82 increases, the upper stage in a state where the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are indented into the groove portion 42. It becomes difficult to rotate the small storage cassette 19C around the x axis.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the right front protrusion 82 and the right rear protrusion 83 are provided on both the front and rear sides on the right side of the upper small storage cassette 19C, and the groove portion 42 of the right guide body 39 is provided on both the front and rear sides on the right side of the slot 28. Said the case. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the groove portion 42 in the right rear protrusion 83 and the rear right guide body 39 may be omitted, and the right front protrusion 82 and the groove portion 42 in the front right guide body 39 may be left. .

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the right front protrusion 82, the right rear protrusion 83, and the left protrusion 85 are provided at the lower position in the upper small storage cassette 19C has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and some or all of these protrusions may be provided in the middle or upper side of the upper small storage cassette 19C. Further, the cassette-side connector 93 (FIG. 13) is not limited to the lower position in the upper small storage cassette 19C, and may be provided at the middle or upper position.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the flat inclined surface 41A is formed on the substrate 41 of the right guide body 39 has been described (FIG. 8). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the inclined surface 41A may have a curved surface shape, or the inclined surface 41A may be omitted and the substrate 41 may have a uniform planar shape.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the left side wall portion 44 of the right guide body 39 (FIG. 8) is formed shorter than the right side wall portion 43 in the vertical direction has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the vertical length of the left side wall 44 may be the same as that of the right side wall 43.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the horizontal width (that is, the groove width) of the groove portion 42 is made uniform in the vertical direction has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the groove width may be narrowed as it goes downward. Further, the depth of the groove (that is, the length from the front surface of the right side wall portion 43 and the left side wall portion 44 to the surface of the substrate 41) is not limited to be uniform, and for example, becomes shallower as it goes downward. Anyway. Furthermore, the right side wall part 43 and the left side wall part 44 may be formed so as to be inclined so that the groove part 42 advances to the left as it advances downward, or to bend or bend only a part thereof.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the right guide body 39 is formed symmetrically in the front-rear direction has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the right guide body 39 is configured such that the length in the vertical direction of the left side wall portion 44 is different from front to back, or the width in the horizontal direction of the groove portion 42 (that is, the groove width) is different from front to back. May be formed asymmetrically in the front-rear direction. Thereby, for example, the timing at which the right front protrusion 82 is inserted into the groove 42 and the timing at which the right rear protrusion 83 is inserted into the groove 42 can be made different so that they can be inserted in order instead of simultaneously.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the left protrusion 85 has a prismatic shape that is long in the vertical direction has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of the left projection 85, projections of various shapes such as a plurality of columnar projections similar to the right front projection 82 are arranged in the vertical direction. May be. In this case, when the left protrusion is inserted into the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40, the left protrusion approaches or comes into contact with the front side wall portion 53 and the rear side wall portion 54 at two or more locations separated in the vertical direction, thereby It suffices if the rotation of the small storage cassette 19C around the z-axis can be regulated and adjusted to an appropriate angle.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the groove width of the groove portion 52 in the left guide body 40, that is, the interval between the front side wall portion 53 and the rear side wall portion 54 is made constant regardless of the vertical position. . However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the groove width may be narrowed as it goes downward. Further, the depth of the groove is not limited to being uniform, and may be shallower as it goes downward, for example.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the left protrusion 85 is provided on the left side of the upper small storage cassette 19C and is inserted into the groove portion 52 of the left guide body 40. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the left protrusion 85 is omitted from the upper small storage cassette 19C, the left guide body 40 is omitted from the slot 28, and the right front protrusion 82, the right rear protrusion 83, and the groove 42 of the right guide body 39 are provided. Thus, the positioning may be performed with respect to the slot 28 only on the right side of the upper small storage cassette 19C.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the stopper 45 is provided at the lower end of the groove portion 42 in the right guide body 39 and the stopper 55 is provided at the lower end of the groove portion 52 in the left guide body 40, whereby the upper stage small storage cassette 19C due to the action of gravity. We have described the case where the downward movement is restricted to stop at the proper position. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the stopper 45 is omitted, and the upper surface of the step formed in the right side portion 32 of the slot 28 and the lower surface of the upper small storage cassette 19C contact with the lower surface of the protruding base portion 81 to move downward. May be regulated. Further, for example, the stopper 55 is omitted from the left guide body 40, and a protrusion separate from the left protrusion 85 is provided on the left side surface of the upper small storage cassette 19C, and the protrusion is brought into contact with the upper end of the left side portion 33. May be stopped at an appropriate position. Further, the downward movement of the upper small storage cassette 19C with respect to the slot 28 is not restricted, and the upper small storage cassette 19C is moved to the proper position only when the lower small storage cassette 19B is loaded in the slot 28. You may be able to stop.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the right guide body 39 is provided on the right side portion 32 of the slot 28, the left guide body 40 is provided on the left side portion 33, and the right front projection 82 and the right rear projection are provided on the right side of the upper small storage cassette 19C. The case where 83 is provided and the left protrusion 85 is provided on the left side has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a protrusion is provided on the front side or the rear side of the upper small storage cassette 19C and a groove is provided at a position corresponding to this in the slot 28. In addition to providing the groove portion, a groove portion may be formed at a location corresponding to the slot 28.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where each storage cassette is loaded into the slot 28 from above is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the storage cassettes may be loaded in the slot 28 in the horizontal direction.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where one storage cassette is loaded in one slot 28 or two storage cassettes are stacked one above the other is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and three or more storage cassettes may be stacked one above the other in a single slot.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the lower unit 21 (FIG. 4) is configured by the loading unit 25 and the lid body portion 26 and the lower transport unit 18 (FIG. 2) is incorporated in the lid body portion 26 will be described. It was. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the lid 26 may be omitted from the lower unit 21 and the lower transport unit 18 may be provided on the lower housing 11A (FIG. 2) side. Further, in this case, for example, the upper left side of the front side plate 34 and the rear side plate 35 is greatly scraped or made to have a height equivalent to that of the partition plate 36 so that the operability and visibility associated with loading of each storage cassette 19 are improved. May be.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the automatic teller machine 1 which performs a deposit transaction and a withdrawal transaction with a customer was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, various types of storage cassettes for storing banknotes, such as banknote processing apparatuses (so-called teller machines) installed at the counters of financial institutions and used by employees of the financial institutions, are used by loading them into slots. You may apply to the apparatus of.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the storage cassette storing the banknote as a medium is loaded in the slot has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a case in which a storage cassette storing various paper-like media such as various securities, gold vouchers, admission tickets and postcards is loaded in the slot.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention extends to embodiments in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and embodiments in which some are extracted. is there.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 as the medium processing apparatus is configured by the slot 28 as the slot and the upper small storage cassette 19C as the post-loading storage cassette, and the slot is guided by the slot side guide. A right guide body 39, a groove portion 42 and a groove portion 52, and an upper slot side connector 38 as a slot side connector, and the post-loading storage cassette includes a protruding base 81, a right front protrusion 82, The case where the rear projection 83 and the left projection 85 are constituted by the cassette side connector 93 as the cassette side connector has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a medium processing apparatus is configured by a slot having various other configurations and a post-loading storage cassette. The slot is divided into a slot-side guide and a slot-side connector having other various configurations. The post-loading and storing cassette may be configured by a cassette side guide having various other configurations and a cassette side connector.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the upper small portion as the medium storage cassette is constituted by the protruding base 81 as the cassette side guide, the right front protrusion 82, the right rear protrusion 83 and the left protrusion 85, and the cassette side connector 93 as the cassette side connector. The case where the storage cassette 19C is configured has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium storage cassette may be configured by a cassette side guide having various other configurations and a cassette side connector.

  The present invention can be used when storing storage cassettes having different sizes into slots.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic teller machine, 10 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, 18 ... Lower conveyance part, 19 ... Storage cassette, 19A ... Large storage cassette, 19B ... Lower stage small storage cassette, 19C ... Upper stage small storage Cassette, 21 ... lower unit, 25 ... loading part, 26 ... lid part, 26A ... delivery port, 26AP ... projection, 28 ... slot, 31 ... bottom part, 32 ... right side part, 33 ... ... left side, 34 ... front plate, 35 ... rear plate, 36 ... partition plate, 37 ... lower slot connector, 38 ... upper slot connector, 39 ... right guide body, 40 ... left guide Body 41... Substrate 41 A. Inclined surface 42. Groove portion 43. Right side wall portion 44. Left side wall portion 45. Stopper, 51 ... substrate 52 ... groove portion 53. Front side wall part, 54 …… Rear side wall part, 55 …… Stopper, 61 …… Hand, 61A ... gripping part, 61B ... support part, 61C ... rotating part, 80 ... housing, 80A ... top plate part, 80B ... bottom plate part, 81 ... projecting base part, 82 ... front right Projection, 83 ... Right rear projection, 84 ... Protection projection, 85 ... Left projection, 88 ... Upper delivery port, 88Q ... Hole, 89 ... Lower delivery port, 89P ... Projection, 93 ... Cassette Side connector.

Claims (17)

A storage cassette for storing media inside;
When the storage cassette is loaded in the loading direction, and two or more storage cassettes are loaded, a slot into which a later-loaded storage cassette is loaded after the first-loaded storage cassette;
A medium processing apparatus comprising:
The slot is
A slot-side guide that is formed along the loading direction and has two grooves facing each other and spaced apart from each other, and guides the post-loading storage cassette to a predetermined post-loading position along the loading direction. When,
A slot-side connector that is provided outside the preloading passage range that is a range that passes when the preloading storage cassette is loaded, and is electrically connected to the postloading storage cassette;
With
The post-load storage cassette is
A two projections projecting toward the opposite directions there is outside person than the peripheral side face of the post loading storage cassette, mutual diameter is equivalent cylindrical, the and extension of each central axes Cassette-side guides that are aligned with each other and contact the slot-side guides when loaded into the slots;
A cassette-side connector electrically connected to the slot-side connector when loaded to the post-loading position in the slot;
A medium processing apparatus comprising: The post-loading storage cassette further includes a protruding base provided at a location that passes outside the preload passage range when loaded into the slot.
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cassette-side guide has the two protrusions protruding from the protruding base. When the post-loading storage cassette is loaded into the slot, the projecting base is brought into contact with the slot, and the front end surface in the projecting direction of each of the two projections of the cassette-side guide is set to the slot-side guide. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein each of the grooves is in a state of being separated from a bottom surface opposed to the tip surface . The protrusion on the cassette-side guide is provided on the loading direction side with respect to the loading direction when the post-loading storage cassette is loaded in the slot and in the opposite direction from the center of the post-loading storage cassette. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: The cassette-side connector is provided closer to the loading direction than the center of the post-loading storage cassette with respect to the loading direction when the post-loading storage cassette is loaded in the slot and the opposite direction. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 4 . A storage cassette for storing media inside;
When the storage cassette is loaded in the loading direction, and two or more storage cassettes are loaded, a slot into which a later-loaded storage cassette is loaded after the first-loaded storage cassette;
A medium processing apparatus comprising:
The slot is
A slot-side guide that is formed along the loading direction and has two grooves facing each other and spaced apart from each other, and guides the post-loading storage cassette to a predetermined post-loading position along the loading direction. When,
A slot-side connector that is provided outside the preloading passage range that is a range that passes when the preloading storage cassette is loaded, and is electrically connected to the postloading storage cassette;
With
The post-load storage cassette is
A cassette-side guide that is two projections that protrude outwardly from the peripheral side surface of the post-loading storage cassette and opposite to each other, and that come into contact with the slot-side guide when loaded into the slot; ,
A cassette-side connector electrically connected to the slot-side connector when loaded to the post-loading position in the slot;
With
Each slot of the slot-side guide is loaded from a loading arrival point at which the protrusion reaches when the post-loading storage cassette is loaded to the post-loading position in the slot at the side wall portion sandwiching the grooves. relates length along the direction, the destination loading passing range towards the side away from the destination loading passing range is longer than the side near to the medium processing apparatus characterized by being formed respectively. Each slot of the slot-side guide is spaced from the side wall portion on the side farther from the preloading passage range , with the interval between the bottom portions facing the front end surfaces in the protruding direction of the two projections of the cassette-side guide. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the medium processing apparatus is inclined so as to expand as it approaches the pre-loading passage range. Each slot of the slot side guide has a position where the distance between the bottoms facing the front end surfaces in the projecting direction of the two projections in the cassette side guide is the arrival position at the time of loading along the direction opposite to the loading direction. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the medium processing apparatus is inclined so as to spread as it moves away from the apparatus. At least one of the slot-side guide and the cassette-side guide the movement range of the loading direction of the rear loading storage cassette to claim 1 or claim 6 characterized by having a stopper for restricting the rear loading position The medium processing apparatus as described. The slot is further provided with a second slot side guide provided outside the pre-loading passage range, for guiding the post-load storage cassette to the post-load position along the load direction;
When the post-loading storage cassette is loaded into the slot, the cassette side guide is further guided by the second slot side guide in a state where the cassette side guide is already guided by the slot side guide. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the medium processing apparatus is provided. The second slot side guide is a groove formed along the loading direction so as to face the preloading passage range,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the second cassette side guide is a protrusion that protrudes outward from a peripheral side surface of the post-loading storage cassette in a direction different from the cassette side guide. The second said protrusion of the cassette guide claim wherein in said groove of said second slot side guide, and having two side surfaces abutting or in close proximity respectively two side walls facing each other 11 The medium processing apparatus according to 1. The second slot side guide is:
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the medium processing apparatus is disposed on an opposite side of the slot-side guide across the pre-loading passage range. The medium is a paper sheet,
The post-loading storage cassette has a slit shape on the side of the loading direction when the post-loading storage cassette is loaded in the slot, with the width direction intersecting the loading direction when the post-loading storage cassette is loaded in the slot as a longitudinal direction. Further comprising a loading side delivery port for delivering the medium to and from the preload storage cassette,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the cassette-side guide and the second cassette-side guide are respectively arranged on both end sides in the width direction. The cassette-side guide is provided closer to the loading direction than the center of the post-loading storage cassette with respect to the loading direction when the post-loading storage cassette is loaded into the slot and the opposite direction. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 6 . Partitioning the slots adjacent to each other, the medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 6 at the upper end, characterized by further comprising a partition plate which is higher than the upper end of the slot-side connector. A medium storage cassette that stores a medium therein and is loaded in a stacked manner after another medium storage cassette is loaded along a loading direction in a predetermined slot,
These are two protrusions that protrude outwardly from the peripheral side surface of the post-loading storage cassette and are opposite to each other, have a cylindrical shape with the same diameter, and extend the center axis of each of the protrusions. and matched with each other, the contact when being loaded into the slot, and two slot-side guide comprising grooves of spaced apart of each other causes are opposed to each other of the groove hole is formed along the loading direction in the slot and the cassette side guide to,
A media storage cassette comprising: a cassette-side connector electrically connected to a slot-side connector provided in the slot when guided to a predetermined position in the slot.

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